Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 3:7 - 3:7

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Robertson Word Pictures - Luke 3:7 - 3:7


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To the multitude that went out (tois exporeuomenois ochlois). Plural, Multitudes. The present participle also notes the repetition of the crowds as does elegen (imperfect), he used to say. Mat 3:7-10 singles out the message of John to the Pharisees and Sadducees, which see notes for discussion of details. Luke gives a summary of his preaching to the crowds with special replies to these inquiries: the multitudes, Luk 3:10, the publicans Luk 3:12, the soldiers Luk 3:14.

To be baptized of him (baptisthēnai hup' autou). This is the purpose of their coming. Mat 3:7 has simply “to his baptism.” John’s metaphors are from the wilderness (vipers, fruits, axe, slave boy loosing sandals, fire, fan, thrashing-floor, garner, chaff, stones).

Who warned you? (tis hepedeixen humiṉ). The verb is like our “suggest” by proof to eye, ear, or brain (Luk 6:47; Luk 12:5; Act 9:16; Act 20:35; Mat 3:7). Nowhere else in the N.T. though common ancient word (hupodeiknumi, show under, point out, give a tip or private hint).